Category: Occult Age
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Scalpel (1977)
Written by John Grissmer Directed by John Grissmer Starring Robert Lansing, Judith Chapman, Arlen Dean Snyder Released January, 1977 RT 95 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating =8 (out of 10) In the 14-minute bonus feature interview with director John Grissmer on the new Arrow Video Blu-ray release, Scalpel, Grissmer says he and writer/editor Joseph Weintraub wanted the movie…
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The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Written by Vicente Aranda Directed by Vicente Aranda Starring Simon Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo Released September 30, 1972 (Spain) RT 100 min. Home Video Mondo Macabro Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) My first encounter with The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) was in the form of the Gorgon Video VHS release sometime during my nearly…
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The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971)
Written by Dario Argento Directed by Dario Argento Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak Released May 21, 1971 (US) RT 115 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10)From the bonus materials included with Arrow’s limited edition release of The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971), it’s easy to conclude that the movie…
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Satan’s Cheerleaders (1977)
Written by Greydon Clark & Alvin L. Fast Directed by Greydon Clark Starring John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, Jack Kruschen, John Carradine Released June, 1977 RT 92 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Unless you’re extremely fond of a particular movie, there’s sometimes no reason to upgrade from a perfectly adequate DVD…
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J.D.’s Revenge (1976)
Written by Jaison Starkes Directed by Arthur Marks Starring Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Julian Christopher, Fred Pinkard, Alice Jubert, David McKnight Released August 25, 1976 (New York City) RT 96 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Neither an expert on the sub-genre nor a particular fan of it, I’d…
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Burnt Offerings (1976)
Written by William F. Nolan and Dan Curtis Based on the novel by Robert Marasco Directed by Dan Curtis Starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery, Dub Taylor, Bette Davis Premiere August 25, 1976 RT 116 min. Home Video Kino Classics (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) On Friday nights when I…
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Night of Fear (1972)
Written by Terry Bourke Directed by Terry Bourke Starring Norman Yemm, Carla Hoogeveen Released November, 1972 (Australia) RT 54 min. Home Video Sinister Cinema (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) If you’re designing a room for a haunted house, you might want to get some ideas from Night of Fear (1972), an Australian horror film that,…
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Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
Written by Amando de Ossorio Directed by Amando de Ossorio Starring Lone Fleming, Cesar Burner, Maria Elena Arpon, Jose Thelman Released April 10, 1972 (Spain) RT 101 min. Home Video Blue Underground (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) In The Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972), it’s not what the Knights Templar do when they’re dead…
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Don’t Deliver Us from Evil (1971)
Written by Joel Seria Directed by Joel Seria Starring Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, Gerard Darrieu, Michel Robin Released April 5, 1971 (Cannes Film Festival) RT 102 min. Home Video Mondo Macabro (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Watching a lot of horror films, there have been times when they cease to shock me. Don’t get me…
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Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Written by Lucile Laks Directed by Paolo Cavara Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Barbara Bach, Giancarlo Prete Released August 12, 1971 (Italy) RT 98 min. (uncut) Home Video Blue Underground (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) As much gialli as I’ve watched lately (Don’t Torture a Duckling, The Suspicious Death of a Minor, The…